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Date

January 7, 2017

Last year was our first #CrossroadSM lead Valentines Dinner, and was a huge success as we sold all 100 place settings. This year we expect the same. This years dinner is coming up quickly and will be on February 11, 2017

Adult Leaders Needed

Two adults to help cook

One adult to oversee childcare

One adult to oversee wait staff

One adult to emcee and come up with games/entertainment

#CrossroadSM Students Needed

Three Students for Childcare

Two Students for Check-In

Two Students for Photo Booth

Ten Table Servers

Please call, or text, me at (317) 401-1044, or email me at wrobison@crossroad-community.com with any questions.

We will also be trying to set a date to have an organizational meeting.

This is our first fund raiser for our 2017 Summer Mission trip to Cannon Falls, MN, and all youth are expected to be there. We were blessed with over 100 dinners last year, and expect to sell out again. So please add this to your must attend calendar.

Your votes have been tallied, and by an overwhelming margin you all have decided to serve the Cannon Falls Minnesota area next year.

We’ll check in at work camp on June 17th, 2017. It is another 10 hour drive so we’ll need to stay two nights all together at a hotel. Our Wednesday activity will be decided later, as well as what our celebration activity will be (Theme Park, Water Park, Rafting, etc). This will determine if we leave on Friday June 16th and then return Saturday June 24th, or if we leave on a Saturday (June 17th) and return on Monday June 26th.

We have reserved 20 spots for students and 4 spots for adults.

To reserve your sport you’ll need to fill out an application, CLICK HERE for the application, and turn it in along with your $50.00 deposit.

Preliminary Information

COST: The total amount the student is responsible for is $450.00. A non refundable $50.00 deposit is required at the time the student’s registration is turned in. Please make all checks out to Crossroad Community Church. $200.00 is then due by March 1st, 2017 with the remaining $200.00 being due by May 1st, 2017.

FUNDRAISING: We will be having fundraisers to help offset some, (several students were able to raise ALL of their registration fees by our fundraisers alone) if not all, of the registration fee. In order to get a portion of the funds raised at a fundraising event you must be present at that event.

ACCOMMODATIONS: During Workcamp we will be staying at a local High School. Students will want to bring a towel and washcloth, plastic bags for wet or soiled clothing, an air mattress or foam pad, sleeping bag or sheets/blankets, bathing suite for showering and personal toilet articles. A complete list of tools and other items will be made available at our parent meeting in January.

SPENDING MONEY: Each student will need around $100.00 in spending money for food while traveling, food at Mt. Olympus Outdoor Theme Park, (Theme Park Tickets will be paid for by the Youth Ministry) as well as for our activity on Wednesday.

More details to follow as they become available. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me any time by voice or text to (317) 455-4WAR or by email at wrobison@crossroad-community.com.

“Service Above Self; Workcamp”

Just a short drive—but a world away—from the exciting Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Cannon Falls is the hub of the local farming community. Centered at the confluence of the Little and Big Cannon Rivers, the area is rich in outdoor activities—biking/hiking along the Cannon Valley Trail, tubing/canoeing trips down the Cannon River, boating/fishing/swimming at Lake Byllesby Regional Park.

But the area is also rich in something else: a growing number of homes in need of repairs that elderly, low-income, or disabled residents simply cannot do for themselves. People are counting on you to restore their pride—in a freshly painted home, a new wheelchair ramp, or a sturdy safe-entry porch. You and your kids will work on homes in the town of Cannon Falls, throughout the surrounding farming area, and in nearby smaller towns.

Our local partner there is a service group comprised of leaders from all sectors of the community. Local churches, businesses, and other groups have all come together with you to build up their community in the spirit of Christian love. Everyone is excited that you are coming, and the community has already been making plans to make you feel welcome and make your time there fulfilling, productive, and comfortable!

The school: The pride of the community. Recently remodeled. Air conditioned—even the gym! And about a gazillion sparkly-clean showers. Your group will come home to comfort—after a hard day’s work, or to spiff up for a Wednesday afternoon trip to the nearby Mall of America!

At the Cannon Falls, MN Workcamp, our group will demonstrate Jesus’ love and compassion in tangible ways, serving real people in need while working on projects like…

Building wheelchair ramps and handrails

Weatherizing homes and trailers

Reconstructing sagging porches

Significant painting projects

Interior and exterior carpentry

Other home repair projects that the homeowner cannot otherwise complete

We all know that children grow up too fast, but we can’t slow down time. What do you want your children to learn and experience before they leave home and enter the world? Group Mission Trips provide a great way for your children to experience leadership, teamwork, problem solving, confidence, compassion and spiritual growth in a safe environment.

Leadership – Your child will be put on a supervised crew of 6 others where they will fulfill 1 of 6 specific roles and work together to complete a service project or home repair for a resident.

Teamwork – Your child will meet other youth from different states and come together on a crew to accomplish a goal that is bigger than each of them individually. They will make a lasting impact by providing a source of hope to those they serve.

Problem Solving – your child will work with 4 other youth and 1 adult to transform a home or serve a local agency where they may run into incorrect material or wrong directions or even difficult people. Year over year crews find creative solutions to accomplish their tasks.

Confidence – your child will learn they can work with many different people to serve and accomplish huge tasks on their own. Many often arrive thinking they cannot do this without parental assistance, and leave knowing they can positively influence and change lives on their own.

Compassion – Your child will work with people from many different walks of life which may be different than those they come into contact and work with at home. This gives children a great perspective, and the reward is as rich for your child as those they serve.

Spiritual Growth – Your child will attend morning and evening interactive programs that guide their faith in Jesus to become more powerful and real. There will also be devotions during lunch and opportunities to discuss all they are experiencing with their youth group in the evening.

In my 15 years being involved in youth ministry I’ve been to numerous “Bible”/“Youth” camps. But none have compared to a Group Work Camp Mission Week. There is just something about working along side, serving Christ, in a small group setting.

Or maybe it’s the nightly service? Filled with excitement, praise, and the Holy Spirit. Maybe it’s the thousands of adults from the churches the students come from, all praying in one accord four our campers, leaders, and the community we’re serving.

Or is it the 400 + teenagers that still have the “I alone can change the world” attitude? Or, more likely, the combination of therm all. What ever it is lives will be changed next week. Work camp will cause hearts to be soften and open to the spirit.

Workcamp encourages our eyes to see the world from a different perspective. It stretches our faith in ways we never thought possible. It does not matter if your child’s walk with God is new, or if they are mature in Christ; they will be effected by the experience it offers next week. Each and everyone of you are blessed that your child/young adult, has once again, chosen to take a week of their summer vacation and serve those less fortunate.